International Business Faculty
The International Business Program is unique in that it is not a department. As such, faculty members represent relevant disciplines from across the College of Business Administration. Click on a name for a brief biography and contact information.
Full-Time Faculty:
Dr. Howard Cochran
Dr. Cochran has been teaching international economics and business courses both domestically and abroad since joining Belmont University in 1989. Cochran has a B.B.A. (Finance) from Walsh College, a M.A. (Economics) from Wayne State University, a Doctor of Arts (Economics) from Middle Tennessee State University, and has completed additional post-graduate study in administrative leadership at Harvard University.
Dr. Gregory Faulk
Dr. Faulk teaches corporate and international finance. He has a B.S. (Mathematics) from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and a M.B.A and Ph.D. (Finance) from Louisiana State University. Faulk’s research interests primarily include the financial aspects of the music business industry.
Mr. Jose Gonzalez
Mr. Gonzalez graduated from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico City, with a B.S. in Accounting. He earned his M.B.A. from The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business at Belmont Univeristy and taught international business and entrepreneurship at Belmont University in an adjunct capacity for several years before joining the faculty on a full-time basis in 2007. He has business experience with companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and other Latin American countries. Most notably, he worked earlier in his career for Organization BAMA and Procter and Gamble. He is also a co-founder of Conexion Americas, a non-profit organization that works toward promoting the social and economic integration of Hispanic families in the Middle Tennessee community.
Dr. Jeffrey Overby
Dr. Overby is the most recent addition to the College of Business, where he teaches International Business, Advanced Marketing Management, and International Market Entry. Prior to joining Belmont in 2005, Dr. Overby worked five years as Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business at Florida State University, four years as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, and six years as European Project Manager and Market Research Analyst for Entergy Corporation. He also teaches each summer in London, England and Valencia, Spain. Overby has a B.S. (French and International Business) from Mississippi State University, a M.B.A. from Millsaps College, and Ph.D. (Marketing) from the University of Tennessee. His research interests include the influence of culture upon marketing and customer behavior, customer value, and international branding.
Dr. J. Patrick Raines
Dr. Raines was named Dean of the College of Business Administration at Belmont University in 2003. Prior to joining Belmont, he taught at the University of Richmond and was instrumental in developing the curriculum and study abroad programs for the International Business program at Richmond. Raines was a Fulbright Scholar at the College of the Bahamas, nominated as the Outstanding Educator for the State of Virginia, and in 1993, he led one of the first industrial development groups to the former Soviet republics to establish educational and industrial relationships with emerging market enterprises.
Adjunct Faculty:
John Dorland
Chad Dainty
Sue Cagle-Spero
Maitane Tidwell
